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  1. #1
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    Default Rep points are off.

    Thats right folks.

    I have switched the rep points off until Neil and I can work out something that is not going to cause grief.

    I was unaware that points could be put up anonymously. In my rep points they show who posted them even if they don't put a comment in.

    I would like to thank the board member who I got out of bed to test the system.

    As far as I was concerned they were a fun thing but some (as in everything) chose to go outside the rules of fair play. If you don't like something, at least have the guts to stand up and say so.

    If anyone should have the absolute s**ts with any body it should be me.

    I get abused by quite a few for some decisions I have to make for the betterment of the majority and problems like the reputation points don't help.

    From now on ANYONE who spits the dummy and puts a post up that they are quitting the board shall have their wish granted. They will get an email from me asking if that is what they wish. If yes, their name will be deleted from the list. The post on the board saying that they are going wiil be deleted any way.

    We have tried to have a board that did not have too many rules but it seems that some people like to step outside the boundaries of common sense, common decency and respect for other human beings because they can hide behind a pseudonym. I am not a prude or politically correct, I just believe that there is a certain level of behaviour expected in a public place and believe me, the internet is the most public media in the world.

    End of rant. Get back to woodwork.

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    Cool, good on ya , you are doing a sterling job & I don't want it.

    I never did understand the pseudonym crap anyway.
    It's kinda like CB radio on a computer.
    ten four good buddie comeback?
    Cliff.
    If you find a post of mine that is missing a pic that you'd like to see, let me know & I'll see if I can find a copy.

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    Thumbs up

    Ouch . That was a good dummy spit. However, I do have to agree with what you said.

    You have a tough job as admin and appear to be doing it very well. From what I see it's very similar to herding cats.

    Keep up the good work.
    Greg Lee

    Old hackers never die, their TTL expires....

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    May the Reps R.I.P.



    Damn, I'd probably get a few greenie points for a post as witty as this.
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    I just tried to give you a point for that , but they don't seem to work!

    Nicely put.

    P

    Oh Cliff
    I never did understand the pseudonym crap anyway
    I'm with you there too...neither do I!

    P

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    Total support for you . I've put my real name under my pseudonym so anybody can insult me to my face, providing they do me the courtesy of using their real name.
    Kind regards
    Bill Termite Flannery

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    Well that just sucks!!!!

    Only place on this planet where I (Rowan Kemp of Wallington Victoria Australia) had a reputation other than mud and now its gone

    Shame on all the sooks that spoil good clean fun, go see Mr Hinch for a dressing down
    prove how bored u really are, ..... visit....... http://burlsburlsburls.freespaces.com/ my humble website

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    Well said . And it will mean an end to tiresome dummty spits.

    I too appreciate your generally softly softly approach to moderating.

    Cheers
    Craig

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    I hide behind a psuedonym to protect me from the all the crazies out there that are trying to get me. You know, the ones who scuttle around the corner as you're walking down the street and hide in the walls and under your bed...

    Actually, the real reason is that I'm a famous TV personality and/or rock star and I don't want anyone to treat me any differently to anyone else.

    OK, I'm just a big chicken.

    I don't care if the reputation points never come back. It was a bit of fun and I was trying to use them constructively. At the end of the day, if it's going to drive people away, it's probably best they don't come back but that's a decision for the administrators.

    I'll go with the flow.

    I'm just glad I've got somewhere to go to yak about woodwork.
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Good move , it is a good decision and I am hopeful they can return in a form that is positive.

    Again the idiot minority have spoiled it for the rest of us and none of them have had the guts to defend their stupid and unthinking actions nor have they apologised.

    These parasites have to prey on others because they cannot exist on their own. Their pea brains aren't creative or skilled, they seek out the efforts of others with the view of destruction. I am not sure if we should feel sorry for them and offer them help or whether we should punish them.

    The strange thing is that these idiots are on a course of self destruction. If all the "normal" users of this BB left, they would not have anybody to prey on so they would either move on (I wish) or perish (not a bad thought either).

    Cliff's idea of only giving positive points sounds like a move in the right direction.

    - Wood Borer
    Last edited by Wood Borer; 8th June 2004 at 10:35 AM. Reason: spelin agin

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    Quote Originally Posted by silentC
    At the end of the day, if it's going to drive people away, it's probably best they don't come back
    Poultry Fancier,

    Do you mean the dummy spitters shouldn't come back or the Rep points shouldn't come back? Perhaps your ambiguity was intentional.

    Make yourself clear bird !!!!

    This is my way of getting even after you made rude references about my family hiding in walls etc. Us borers have to live in walls for fear of being eaten by some bird brain chook!!

    - Wood Borer

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    WB, yes taken out of context I suppose it could read either way

    Now just stick your little head out that hole a bit further so I can get a good grip with my beak
    "I don't practice what I preach because I'm not the kind of person I'm preaching to."

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    Ignorance ignorance ignorance.

    When we make a hole in a piece of wood we go in head first. There are two ways we can turn around, either make like a roundabout or go through to the other side and return.

    At the moment I'm in a bit of jarrah and the chewing is too tough to make a roundabout - besides, why would I want to turn around to see your ugly beak just before I am about to be devoured?


    - Wood Borer

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    Hi ,
    Good one! Would be nice to co-exist in harmony on here.

    I have always failed to understand why on things like chat rooms/boords people get involved in arguments. I believe I state my view and if people don't agree they have the right to state theirs. Then its for the other members to decide what they go with, but heated arguments dont make for pleasant viewing

    Thanks for a job well done! Thanks again to Neil for providing this facillity....much appreciated.

    Now come on people: " play nicely!"

    Regards
    Joe

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    Well ok then, this is my 500th post so I may as well get it over with as I go GOLD!!!!

    My real first name is Sawyer, not Biting. When I was a junior draftsman, I took great pride in my work, and I used to be very, very particular about accuracy of drawings, particularly fine dimensioning in joinery work, which I could calculate to five decimal places of a millimetre. So particular was I that I often felt that some of my contemporaries were taking the you-know-what behind my back. They didn't seem to think beyond the colour of the beverage that they were undoubtedly going to consume as soon as the knock-off hooter sounded, but I didn't let them grind me down, and kept doggedly on in my pursuit of perfection.

    I used to carry with me everywhere, this lovely leather briefcase which I was given by my mother to mark the occasion of me commencing work, which she had specially ordered with my name embossed on it in gold leaf:
    "S MIDGE"
    .

    The others at the office were remorseless in their negativity, and adopted my name as a derogitary term for any small measurement. Eventually the term became adopted universally and as the person after whom a method of measurement was named I was soon in great demand for all sorts of wierd and wonderful appearances.

    I couldn't take the pace, changed my name to Biting, and have lived in relative peace until now, when pressure from all on this forum has forced me to come clean....ohh bugger there goes the phone...it's started already.......

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